#CAC745#CAC745

#CAC745 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.148 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAC745
RGB	rgb(202, 199, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -14.59, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 64.39, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0459 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.148 108)
XYZ	xyz(45.8563, 53.8345, 13.6046)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAC745 #4548CA

analogous

#CA8545 #CAC745 #8ACA45

triadic

#CAC745 #45CAC7 #C745CA

tetradic

#CAC745 #45CA85 #4548CA #CA458A

square

#CAC745 #45CA85 #4548CA #CA458A

split-complementary

#CAC745 #458ACA #8545CA

monochromatic

#747221 #A3A12F #CAC745 #D8D575 #E5E4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CAC745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CAC745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAC745

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAC745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAC745	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cac745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 199, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.148 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd780',
    500: '#cac745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cac745;
$custom-light: #ddd780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cac745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80847,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.53833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAC745

secondary

#37387D

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAC745

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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